The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-07-14

Ing, the chain would have been imDer
feet. and there would have been NJ
Democratic victory.
We are Of the opinion that the Mug
wDmp detection was Of the greatest aiC
to CleVelsnd. The refusal OI
such men as George William
| Curtis and Carl SchnIZ to SUP
port Blaine, together with the boltinp
of such Republican journals as the New
York Times, SprinflsId Republican
Harper's Weekly, Boston Herald, New
| York Evening Post, Boston Advertiser
and the Stats Z9ltung, the leading Ger.
man Republican psper Of the country,
carried with 1t Influence Of no little
magnitude. Any Orhsr candidate before
that convention, except possibly Arthur,
could have commanded their support.
Il is not definitely known how many
MuRwOmDs there were Ia New York,
but It is evident that the Republicans
who supporter Cleveland In preference
to Blaine were numbered BY thousands
and not hundf eds.
The next obstacle that confronted
Blaine was the Prohibition party. st
John was their candidate, and after sew
eral futile attempts by the Republicans
to buy him of and get him out Of the
way, they concluded to open their bat
terry OF abuse upon him. he was char.
acttrlzed as renegade Republican ard
running a sideshow to the Democratic
circus. This also proved Intellectual
They then opened up their &C ndal bat.
terry, and vOiley after vOlley Of vileness
and cRlumny was shOwered upon him
Not being cOntented with unloading q
cart load Of filth at CleVeland's dor
they dumped o wheelbaTEOw load at St.
Johns door. They accused him Cf not
keeping his wife. They said she had
flied an application for divorce on the
ground OF fnOn-maintenance But moth
Ing would divert him frcm the position
he had taken. Unlike Neal Dow -four
Years before, he was true to the PrOhi
bttiOn cause. st. John could have been
United States Senator, or he could have
had any federal Cffice he des red,
or any sum OF money he might have
named, as q recOmpense for
withdrawing from the Prohibition
ticket In favor Of Blaine, the Repu alican
Ma ionsl Committee would willingly
have paid. But st. John was not q
rsfficker in politics, and consequently
no deal could be effected. What mad
the Pr0hibiti0nists 80 hitter aVsins,
Blaine was his lodging the iron clad
Prohibition amendment. In SeDtem
Der, 1884, the people OF Maine voted on
Constitutional Prohibition Amendment.
This placed Blaine In rather peculiar
position. How would he voter If be
would vote against It the Prohibition
lsts would decry him. II he would vote
for 1t the Germans and liquor interests
would wage war on him. He had
always been knOF d In Maine as man
of temperance prOcliVitles and had as
an editor and Legislator labored for tht
cause, but when the issue confronted
him he had not the courage of his cOn-
victiOns, aid In order to escape political
responsibility, he lodged the question
by not voting on the amendment at all
This so inCensed the PrOhibitiOnist.
hat they Immediately withdrew their /
forces Ia all the other States and con
centrated them In New York, which |
they considered BlRine's battle ground, |
III y could not have been more bitter
against him If he had voted against the |
than they were 90. st. John
polted 25,OO0 votes In New York, 80 Der
cent OF them coming from tie RepuDli
Sans, which doubtless would have gone
20 Blaine had st. John baen oul
Of the way. From this 1t will
be seen that Blaine would have had a,
least IL. 1000 majority In New York State, |
II he could have annihilated the Prohi- |
bitionists. li-aE
Conkling's treachery was the next |
thing that the Republicans had to ID.
tend with. COnkling never forgave
Blaine for calling him turkey eObbler,
but Blsine's greatest offence to ConkllnQ
was committed when Blaine as Premier
controlled the administration against
Conkling and employed Its pswer to hu-
initiate him. That was BIaine's unpar.
dOnable sin against COnkliDg, and IL left
q sore that has not yet healed and never
Will heal 80 long as Blaine shall aspire
to the Presidency. ALI through the cam.
Daign OF 1884 COnkling would say moth.
Ing. de would answer all interviews
by saying, am out of politics." His
silence was breeding much uneasiness
among the Republican leaders and fear.
Ing the outcome, they endeavorfd to
cOnclliate him by promising to return |
him to the United States Senate. BnI
his reply was the sans as before. Then \
they thought they would touch him In |
tender spot. They knew OF his ardent |
love for Grant, and they agreed to put |
the "Old Commander" who had iusl |
been Fl ancially wrecked through the |
failure OF his sons In the banking bust.
ness, upon the pay rolls for life at a re |
muner8tive salary. But still the an
swer came back, II am out of politics. I"
And when Roscoe COnkIing went out of |
politics ne pulled New York State out
with him, He and his friends quietly
supported Cleveland and Oneida county,
which gave nearly two thousand ma,
lority for Garfield in 1880, turned
up with thirty majority for Cleve.
land. This much he accomplished IL
Oneida county. There may have been |
several hundred more OF Conklin0'c
friends throughout the State that knitted |
Blaine, but the vote Of Oneida county by ]
Itself was enough to change the result. |
Another obstacle that confronted |
Blaine was the "Rsiny Day" This |
would be termed In law "ineVitsble nc
cident,' and no amount of political |
strategy, however ingenious II might |
be, could have prevented It. IL has
always been q superstition with Demo |
Gratis that rainy election days are favor
able to Democratic victory, and 1t has
generally proved true. Blaine has
always been inclinedt0 be q little sup.
orBtitious. He has bad q superstition |
that he would not be President because
his name did not end with en-" and
when II began to rain on election day,
She thought no doubt pervaded his mind
that 0 rainy day would defeat him; and
u did defeat him, for he elaine that at |
least 5000 Republican voters In the
rural districts Of New York did not turn
out on account OF the inclement wenth.
az. Liza Aha rainy dau that Rnr,nraA AZ.